Warts on the face, known as filiform warts, are an unpleasant condition that can be cosmetically unpleasant and sometimes painful. According to the Warts Information Center website, filiform warts are long, narrow and flesh-colored growths. Filiform warts can occur singularly, or in clusters around the eyelids, face, neck or lip area. The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library states that the filiform wart type is benign and easy to treat.
Step 1
Consult a doctor or skin-care professional before attempting to remove facial warts. The Family Doctor website emphasizes the importance of visiting a doctor to determine which type of facial wart treatment is right for you.
Step 2
Avoid scratching and picking at facial warts, which can spread the infection and cause even more warts. Remove warts as quickly as possible if you want to avoid the risk of multiplication. Avoid skin contact with others because warts can be spread through contact.
Step 3
Wash your facial skin and hands thoroughly on a twice-daily basis. This will prevent the current infection from spreading, and the Quick Care website explains that this prevents future warts from forming. Avoid drying with towels that were used by other people with warts.
Step 4
Use wart medication that is recommended by a doctor or skin-care professional. The Quick Care website describes Salicylic acid as an ingredient used in many over-the-counter wart medications. Salicylic acid removes the dead skin cells of the facial warts and causes them to fall off eventually.
Step 5
Cut the wart off with the help of a doctor. The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library explains that an effective type of wart removal is to have the filiform wart cut off with the use of scissors or a scalpel. A doctor will give you medication to numb any pain from this procedure. Under no circumstances should you attempt wart removal without the help of a medical professional.
Step 6
Remove stubborn facial warts with the use of cryotherapy. The cryotherapy process is recommended by the Merck Manuals Online library as a treatment for filiform warts. A doctor will apply liquid nitrogen so that up to two millimeters of skin surrounding the wart turns white. Skin damage occurs, along with the wart being removed when the skin thaws after 10 to 20 seconds. You should never use this process without the help of a doctor or medical professional. Skin blisters and hypopigmentation are potential side effects of this wart-removal treatment.
